Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844)

Common Names

Uniform Reed Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 182). 

Hallowell's Sedge Frog (Ananjeva, Borkin, Darevsky, and Orlov, 1988, Dict. Amph. Rept. Five Languages: 72).

Variable Reed Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 67).

Distribution

Eastern Sierra Leone through Benin to Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and western Cameroon. See comment. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Comment

In the Hyperolius concolor superspecies according to Schiøtz, 1975, Treefrogs E. Afr.: 113. Schiøtz, 1999, Treefrogs Afr.: 104–105, provided a brief account and map. See comment under Hyperolius stenodactylus. Rödel, 2000, Herpetofauna W. Afr., 1: 194–199, provided an account. Gambia record by Barnett, Emms, and Santoni, 2001, Herpetol. Bull., London, 77: 8, was noted as a likely misidentification by Emms, Jambang, Bah, Mankali, Rödel, and Barnett, 2005, Herpetol. Bull., London, 94: 6–16. Segniagbeto, Bowessidjaou, Dubois, and Ohler, 2007, Alytes, 24: 77, commented on the presence of this species in Togo. Rödel, Brede, Schiefenhövel, Penner, Sinsin, and Nago, 2007, Salamandra, 43: 238, provided a record from Lama Forest, southern Benin. See account for Cameroon by Amiet, 2012, Rainettes Cameroun: 262–270. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 209, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. : xxx, regarded this species as present in Angola, although Marques, Ceríaco, Blackburn, and Bauer, 2018, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 65 (Suppl. II): 101–102, suggested these were likely based on misidentifications. Rödel and Glos, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 21, reported this species from the Krahn-Bassa Proposed Protected Area in southeastern Liberia and the Foya Proposed Protected Area in western Liberia. Dehling and Sinsch, 2019, Zool. Anz., 280: 65–77, placed this species in their Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris group. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 182–183, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See Hyperolius stenodactylus, which may be a synonym. Ayoro, Segniagbeto, Hema, Penner, Oueda, Dubois, Rödel, Kabré, and Ohler, 2020, Zoosystema, 42: 547–582, discussed records, identification, and habitat in Burkina Faso. Kanga, Kouamé, Zogbass, Gongomin, Agoh, Kouamé, Konan, Adepo-Gourène, Gourène, and Rödel, 2021, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 15: 71–107, commented on conservation status, identification, range, and habitat on the Ivory Coast side of Mont Nimba. Tillack, de Ruiter, and Rödel, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 407–450, discussed the types, their provenance, and literature of Hyperolius argentophthalmus, Hyperolius depressus, Hyperolius guineensis, Hyperolius guttatus, Hyperolius hildebrandti, Hyperolius maximus, Hyperolius moseri, Hyperolius narinus, Hyperolius petersi, Hyperolius pulcher, and Hyperolius togoensis. Gansa, Agadjihouèdé, and Hounkanrin, 2023, Afr. Zool., 58: 39–56, reported the species from the lower Ouémé Valley, southern Benin, and briefly descried habitat preference. Segniagbeto, Ohler, Rödel, Luiselli, and Dubois, 2024, Zoosystema, 46: 644–645, provided an account for Togo, discussing habitat, distribution, conservation status, and identification. Leaché, Oaks, Ofori-Boateng, and Fujita, 2024, Evolution, 74: 716–724, discussed comparative phylogeography across the Dahomey Gap in Ghana. 

   

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